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Semi Weekly Herald
Durango, La Plata County, Colorado
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In New York, prominent Masons discussed launching a movement to ransom a 14-carat gold tablet owned by late President McKinley from a Broadway pawnbroker for $1,000. The item, pawned by McKinley's niece's husband Dr. Baer for $700 amid burglaries, was an invitation to a Knights Templar assembly.
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NEW YORK. Jan. 30.-Prominent Masons today discussed the advisability of starting a movement to ransom one of the most treasured pieces of plate owned by the late President McKinley--a solid 14-carat gold tablet inviting him to a state assembly of California commandery No. 1. Knights Templar. It is now held by a Broadway pawnbroker and until today was displayed in his window in a conglomerate setting of odds and ends of jewelry.
The broker demands $1,000 for the relic. It came into his possession from Dr. Hermanus F. B. Baer of Mount Vernon, husband of McKinley's niece, formerly Mabel McKinley, a singer. Baer says he pawned the tablet for $700 during an epidemic of burglaries near where he lives, fearing it would be stolen.
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New York
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Jan. 30.
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the broker demands $1,000 for the relic. it was pawned for $700.
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Prominent Masons discussed starting a movement to ransom a solid 14-carat gold tablet inviting the late President McKinley to a state assembly of California commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. The tablet is held by a Broadway pawnbroker who displayed it in his window. It came into his possession from Dr. Hermanus F. B. Baer of Mount Vernon, husband of McKinley's niece, formerly Mabel McKinley, a singer. Baer pawned it during an epidemic of burglaries near his home, fearing it would be stolen.